Its story

HIP 34480 has a visual magnitude of about 8.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34480: right ascension 7h 8m 45s, declination +64° 22′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 34480. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34480, HD 53226, Gaia DR3 1099927144388430592. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.